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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1940

Page

21

Rebecca at Paramount and Western Romance Screens

Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine star in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca at Paramount with supporting roles by Judith Anderson and George Sanders. The program also features The Mad Maestro and The Domineering Mal e. Gene Autry and Jane Withers clash in Shooting High opening Tuesday with numbers by Jane. Enemy Agent features Richard Cromwell and Helen Vinson.

Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine David O. Selanick Rebecca Paramount Theater Alfred Hitchcock Daphne du Maurier Robert E. Sherwood Joan Harrison Gene Autry Paramount Jane Gene Marjorie Weaver Band of Gold Pancho America Richard Cromwell Helen Vinson Robert Armstrong Jack LaRue

Ace Brigade Virginians At Swisher Wednesday

Ace Brigade and his orchestra The Virginians perform at the Paramount Pavilion Swisher Wednesday night from nine to one Ruth Hunt is featured after joining through a local talent hunt The Paramount Pavilion opens its 1940 season under Frank Stengier management

Ace Brigade The Virginians Paramount Pavilion Swisher Ruth Hunt Hunt Frank Stengier

Angel from Texas and Rebecca at local theaters

The Iowa theater opens An Angel from Texas on Monday with Rosemary Lane Jane Wy man and Eddie Albert while Rebecca featuring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine plays at the Paramount. Dr Cyclops stars Albert Dekker at the State theater with Shooting High coming Tuesday starring Jane Withers and Gene Autry at the Paramount.

Iowa Theater An Angel Texas Rosemary Lane Jane Wyman Eddie Albert Paramount Jane Withers Gene Autry Mary Todd Stephen A. Douglas White House Gene Lockhart Ruth Gordon Mary Howard Dorothy Tree Harvey Stephens Minor Watson Alan Baxter Rochelle Hudson Glenn Ford Miles Mander Isabel Jewell Angel Brother Rat Wayne Morris Ronald Reagan Ruth Terry Hicks Texas Sticks George S. Kaufman Louise Platt Donald Woods Wynne Gibson Iowa Jan Garber Jean Parker James Dunn

Raymond Massey in Lincoln Film at the Iowa Next Friday

Raymond Massey stars in Abe Lincoln in Illinois at the Iowa theatre next Friday. The screen version of Rob ert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer prize play follows Lincoln from youth in Illinois to his rise as storekeeper and postmaster with his romance with Ann Rutledge and her early death.

Upnerteft Raymond Massey Abraham Lincoln Robert E. Sherwood Abe Lincoln Iowa Theater Lincoln Iowa Ilinois Iown Statehood Ann Rutledge

Made For Each Other Opens At Palace With Lombard Stewart

Carole Lombard and James Stewart star in the film drama Made For Each Other at the Palace opening today. The story follows an average couple facing economic pressures, with Charles Coburn Lucile Watson and Ruth Weston in supporting roles. Also showing is the Marx Brothers feature At the Circus with Kenny Baker Florence Rice Eve Arden and Nat Pendleton.

Palace Theater Carole Lombard James Stewart Charles Coburn Lucile Watson Ruth Weston Marx Brothers Kenny Baker Florence Rice Eve Arden Nat Pendleton

Bing Crosby Stars in The Star Maker at Strand

Bing Crosby plays the title role in The Star Maker at the Strand through Tuesday. He sings An Apple for the Teacher and other songs with Louise Campbell Ned Sparks Laura Hope Crews and Linda Ware. Walter Damrosch conducts the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles in his first screen appearance. A Blondie film Blondie Takes a Vacation stars Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Baby Dumpling and Daisy the dog.

Bing Crosby Strand Theater Louise Campbell Ned Sparks Laura Hope Crews Linda Ware Walter Damrosch Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles Blondie Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Baby Dumpling Larry Simms Daisy the Dog

Fisher To Play Corn At Danceland Tonight

Freddie Fisher and his Schnick elfritz band will perform from 9 to 1 at Danceland. Colonel Corn and his crew make their first local appearance on stage, screen, and radio.

Fisher Danceland Freddie Fisher Schnickelfritz Colonel Corn Sternie Sternberg Iowa City Wally Bean Milwaukee

Harlequin House Theme Unraveled in London Tales

Mr Partridge, a kindly middle aged man, meets Lisbeth Campion a witty enchantress entangled with Captain Hugh Bro card as her troubles grow through her brother Ronny who just finished a jail term for cocaine dealing. They wander through the park discussing a mysterious harlequin guiding fate while a jewel theft at Dartmouth Towers looms.

Partridge Asheth Campion Hugh Brocard Martridge Renny Marsham Street Mr. Partridge Lisbeth Dartmouth Towers Ronny

Errol Flynn Leads Rialto Lineup With Dawn Patrol

Errol Flynn stars in The Dawn Patrol about a World War I aviator and adventurer at the Rialto today through Tuesday. Cowboys from Texas with Bob Livingston is the second feature, a western adventure. Also showing are Zero's Fighting Legion fifth chapter, a vaudeville reel and a cartoon.

Dawn Patrol

Ann Sheridan Heads State bill in large week program

Ann Sheridan stars next Thursday at the State in It All Came True from Louis Bromfield with Jeffrey Lynn Humphrey Bogart and Zasu Pitts. The film follows tenants of a New York boarding house as a gangster hides there and the group confronts harsher reality. Co feature Granny Get Your Gun with May Robson. Dr Cyclops in Technicolor with Albert Dekker plus The Farmer's Daughter musical with Martha Raye and Charlie Ruggles.

Ann Sheridan Jeffrey Lynn Humphrey Bogart Louis Bromfield the State Warner Brothers State Theater Zasu Pitts New York Bromfield Mr. Dooley May Robson Harry Davenport Marigot Stevenson Hardie Albright Techni Dr. Cyclops Ernest Schoedsack King Kong Albert Dekker Janice Logan Thomas Coley Charles Halton

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